192 



LABRID^. 



the base ; caudal green ; pectoral darker towards its extremity, axil 

 whitish. 

 St. Helena. 



a. Fine specimen. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



26. Julis ascensionis. 



Qitoy Sf Gaim. Voy. Astrol. iii. p. 706, Poiss. pi. 20. lig. 5 ; Cuv. df Vol. 

 xiii. p. 385. 



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The height of the body is two-ninths of the total length, the length 

 of the head two-sevenths. Caudal truncated. Green, -ndth two red 

 longitudinal streaks : the upper commences on the forehead and runs 

 along the base of the dorsal fin ; the second passes through the eye 

 and extends to the root of the caudal. Dorsal and anal fins with a 

 red band along the middle ; a black spot on the first dorsal spine ; 

 pectoral without black. 



Island of Ascension. 



27. Julis lamarrii. 



Julis lamarii, Cwr. 4" '^a^- xiii. p. 481. 



No posterior canine teeth. Caudal rounded, dorsal and anal ele- 

 vated. Greenish-black, dotted and rivuiated with lighter ; base and 

 a crescent in the middle of the caudal black. ( Val.) 



Mauritius. 



33. GOMPHOSUS. 



Gonipliosus, Lacep. iii. p. 100. 

 Body compressed, oblong, covered with scales of moderate size ; 

 head entirely naked ; lateral line not interrupted ; snout much pro- 

 duced, tubiform ; no posterior canine tooth. Gill-membrane attached 

 to the isthmus. Formula of the fins : D. 4- A. ~^. 



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East Indian Seas. Polylicsia. 



1 . Gomphosus caeruleus. 



Acarauna longirostris, Sevastianof in Nov.Act.Petrop. xiii. p. .'^57. tab. 1 1. 

 Gomphosus coeriileus, Lacep. iii. p. 101. pi. 5. fig. 1, pi. 6. fig. 1 ; Ctiv. 



Sf Val xiv. p. 29 ; Cia\ Re^/ne Anim. III. Poix.<:. pi. 89. fig. 2 ; BkcJc. 



Sumatra, ii. p. 202, aud Atl. Ichth. p. 86. tab. 21. fig. 5. 



ornatus, Bonn. Life of Raffles, p. 690. 



viridis, Benn. Fish, of Ceylon, pi. 30. 



D. 1. A. y^. rL. lat. 29. L. transv. 3/10. 



Caudal fin emarginate, Avith the lobes more or less prolonged. 

 Violet: vertical fins yellow, dorsal and anal blue- edged ; the base 

 and the upper and lower margins of the caudal blue. 



East Indian Seas. 

 o, h. Fine specimens. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



